Reply To: Hi Vitamin D Council,
I was prescribed 50,000 I.U. of Vitamin D2 for 8weeks due to being defficent. On my fourth week stared to feel chest pains mostly on my left side. Is this a passable side effect and if it is what should I take with my vitamin D to help. I never had chest pains in the past only after starting the Vitamin D treatment. Thank you for your time.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer any medical advice so I cannot say for certainty if it is the vitamin D that is causing the chest pains.

When you take too much vitamin D you can raise your calcium levels to a very high amount. When you have too much calcium in your blood, known as hypercalcemia, one of the symptoms can be abdominal pain.

If you think you’ve taken too much vitamin D, it is best that you visit your doctor and have him/her measure both your vitamin D and calcium levels. A vitamin D level of 150 ng/ml or higher is usually indicative of vitamin D toxicity.